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With just a month to go before Signing Day, the Hokies are making a strong push already in 2008 for next year's recruiting class. Virginia Tech is one of approximately 10 schools to have offered a North Carolina safety and they happen to be one of his four early favorites.

The safety is 6-foot-1, 175-pound Robert Blanton out of Matthews (N.C.) Butler.

"I've got offers from North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisville, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, Duke, Michigan, Virginia and Virginia Tech," he stated. "I'd say my favorites right now are Michigan, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Louisville. Those four stand out because I've talked to their coaches and got a good feel from them and they have strong academics."